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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s1: 1. Acyuta Śarman Or Acyutarāya Moḍaka

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s1

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1. Acyuta Śarman Or Acyutarāya Moḍaka

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*Sāhitya-sāra* and its commentary *Sarasāmoda*

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(Ed. Bombay 1860; N. S. P. Bombay 1906. Aufrecht i 716a, iii 171a).

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The work is dated in *śaka* 1753 = 1831 A.D. The author describes himself as the pupil of Nārāyaṇa Śāstrī. He appears to be identical with Acyutarāya who wrote the *Praṇaya-prakāśa* commentary on Jagannātha’s *Bhāminī-vilāsa*; for in it he refers to the *Sāhitya-sāra* as his own (ed. N. S. P. 1894 p. 1), citing the verses i 14-15 from the latter. In his *Sāhitya-sāra*, again, he refers to the *Bhāminī-vilāsa* at p. 7.

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The work consists of 12 chapters called *ratnas*, the metaphor being that these precious doctrines are churned by the author from the ocean of *Alaṃkāra-śāstra*. The chapters are accordingly named 1 Dhanvantari-ratna (the general characteristics of *kāvya*) 2 Airāvata-ratna (function of *śabda* and *artha*) 3 Indirā-ratna (the *vyaṅgya* and its occasions) 4 Dakṣiṇāvartakambu-ratna (divisions of *dhvani*, including *rasa-dhvani*) 5 Aśvavara-ratna (other inferior divisions of *dhvani*) 6 Viṣa-ratna (*doṣa*) 7 Guṇa-ratna (*guṇa*) 8 Kaustubha-ratna (*arthālaṃkāras*) 9 Kāmadhenu-ratna (*śabdālaṃkāras*) 10 Rambhā-ratna (*nāyikā*) 11 Candra-ratna (*nāyaka*) and 12 Amṛta-ratna (conclusion). Our author is possibly identical with Acyuta, author of the *Bhāgīrathī-campū* (written in the 1815 A.D.), who is described by Aufrecht (i 770b) as the son (?) of Nārāyaṇa. This work is divided into 7 chapters called *manorathas*.

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